OS1/3/46/139
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYBOLE [town] | Maybole Maybole Maybole Maybole Maybole |
William Menzies J. G. Hannay William Rennie County Voters List Johnston's County Map |
044 ; 045 | Situated on a gently Sloping declivity affording a delightful view of the low ground and the hills beyond towards the east S.E. [South East] and South. It is very irregular most of the Streets being narrow and badly paved. The principal thoroughfare which extends through the whole length of the town in N.E. [North East] and Southwesterly direction has three distinct names. New Yards to the N.E. [North East] extending from the Railway Station to Maybole Castle is pretty regular the houses being mostly recently erected neat and two Storey. Whitehall to the S.W. [South West] is regular the houses of which are also Modern and with a few exceptions two Storey. Main Street in the Centre extending from the N. [North] end of Welltrees Street to Maybole Castle is irregular and badly paved. Many of the houses, which are nearly all two Storey and in good repair, have been rebuilt and others repaired giving them in general a neat appearance. This is almost exclusively a Street of Shops, grocers, drapers etc, the only one in the town worthy of notice. The Streets branching off towards the S.E. [South East] from this are narrow, Steep, and irregular, and the houses generally one Storey. The old burying ground is Situated in the S.E. [South East] part of the town & is enclosed by a Stone wall Six feet high. The old Ph. [Parish] Church stood about the Centre of it. [Continued over] |
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Sheets 44,4 & 8 & 45,1 & 5 -- Parish of Maybole -- [Page] 139on 1/500 scale
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